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The scrappy pre-Code years of William A. Wellman — FilmStruck’s director of the week

by Patrick Friel August 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Hollywood stalwart William A. Wellman had a long, diverse career, but his 1930s pre-Code films remain his most vital.

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James Cagney is more than just a tough-guy as FilmStruck’s Star of the Week

by Patrick Friel July 3, 2018August 18, 2021

James Cagney dances past his gangster persona in several of FilmStruck’s “Star of the Week” selections.

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John Huston, FilmStruck’s Director of the Week, had a way with actors

by Patrick Friel May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck “Director of the Week” John Huston always got great performances, from Humphrey Bogart in the 1940s to his daughter Anjelica Huston in the ’80s,

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This week on FilmStruck: Deep in the heart of Texas

by Patrick Friel March 16, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck finds more than western films deep in the heart of Texas.

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This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy

by Patrick Friel February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.

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Week in review: The Oscars disaster that was, and wasn’t

by Michael Miner March 3, 2017August 18, 2021

The political rhetoric was real; some of the symbolism was perhaps less so.

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Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/9: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, Winter Wonderfest, and I Am Divine

by Jillian Sandler December 9, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, December 9

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Hand Held

by Ed M. Koziarski March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll’s journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary “Hand Held,” screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.

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Julie Taymor’s “Tempest”

by Ed M. Koziarski October 17, 2010August 19, 2021

Helen Mirren conjures Julie Taymor’s “Tempest” Monday at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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Albert Schweitzer (and Bach)

by Ed M. Koziarski August 17, 2010August 19, 2021

Jerome Hill’s documentaries “Albert Schweitzer” and “Schweitzer and Bach,” about the Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian doctor, screen Wednesday at DOC Films.

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Skin

by Ed M. Koziarski February 4, 2010August 19, 2021

Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo plays a young woman at the center of a racial controversy in apartheid South Africa in “Skin,” screens Thursday 2/4.

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The Principal Story

by Ed M. Koziarski November 2, 2009August 19, 2021

Local Oscar nominee Tod Lending’s documentary “The Principal Story” showcases success stories at struggling schools. It screens Tuesday 11/3 at No Exit Café.